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A great collection of travel blog posts from Inside the Travel Lab on travel around Asia. Describing sights, smells and sounds and providing plenty of photos, recipes and reading suggestions along the way, these Asian travel blog posts are one way to travel around Asia.

Buffalo and Yacht Hong Kong

The Beach with the Buffalo, Hong Kong

Lantau, Hong Kong On Lantau Island at the mouth of the Pearl River, the buffalo [...]

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A motorbike zooms past in Hanoi

The Legend of the Lake, Hanoi

Around the corner is the Old Quarter. Around the corner is the vision of Hanoi [...]

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Photos From The Road – The #DragonRoute Collection

The #DragonRoute ends – and the write-up begins Images and whispers dance through my mind, [...]

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First Impressions of Burma / Myanmar

It was just before midnight. Our slow procession blinked past the checkpoint, wisps of hair [...]

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Cut out Vietnam figures

Good Morning, Vietnam

Vietnam. We all know what Hollywood means when it says that word, and when we hear it from politicians too.

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Cathay Pacific Plane

That Feeling You Get The Night Before Tomorrow

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow it will be too late to plan and too late to pack.

Tomorrow, the dragon route begins…

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Igloo festivals last for such a short time

An Igloo Festival in Japan

Kamakura. It’s one of those words I’d never heard until I went to Yokote in north Japan.

Snow was falling as I arrived in the city, 260 miles from Tokyo. Softly at first, like…

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Travel Tips for Guilin, China

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Unusual Things To Do in Hong Kong

Looking for Ideas on Unusual Things To Do in Hong Kong Do you have any [...]

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Things To Do in Burma / Myanmar

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Vietnam Travel Tips

Looking for Vietnam Travel Tips Do you have any tips for travel in Vietnam? Have [...]

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Moving house crab in the Maldives

Moving House…

Today I moved house. And as I clamber over cardboard boxes in search of tea [...]

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W.o.w. The W Retreat & Spa, The Maldives

Flying over teardrop-shaped islets that rise up from the Indian Ocean is a non-too-shabby approach [...]

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Deck to the Malives Sheraton

Photo Safari from a Deckchair in the Maldives

Sometimes, you have to work hard to see wildlife. And when I say sometimes, I [...]

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Book tower in Tokyo

The Beauty of Ignorance: When It’s Better Not to Know

Dusty, ink-filled pages bound together and towering upwards from the street. Shelves spilling knowledge like Waterloo Station churns out commuters at six o’clock before Saturday. Paperbacks, like people, squeezed…

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Maldive Circles

Photos of the Maldives: Tears & Inspiration

The aeroplane bobbed on the water. The spray shimmered like tears on the window, giant baubles of longing just waiting for something to happen or someone to notice…

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Atlantis found005

Shark Conservation: Why Should We Save Jaws?

Mike Rutzen dives with Brad Pitt and occasionally with sharks, or perhaps…

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Atlantis Found – The Ties Between Three Islands

The truth behind the photos at Atlantis…

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Asukasa golden dragon

Swastikas & Smoke: Sensoji in Japan

I love this photo. I love the smoke, I love the skin creases…

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Duba Burj

The Empty Souk & Solitude, Dubai

Whatever else Dubai is known for, it isn’t for its quiet spots and it isn’t for its minimalism. On my

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